ACT FOUR Alliteration - “…Broth boil and bubble” (IV.1.1) Periodic Sentence- “Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, witch’s mummy, maw and gulf of the ravened salt-sea shark, root of hemlock digged i’ dark” (IV.1.22-25) Anaphora- “Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple their warders’ heads; Though places and pyramids do slope from their heads to their foundation; Though of nature’s germens tumble all together…” (IV.1.55-59) Personification- “That I may tell the pale-hearted fear it lies.” (IV.1.85) Symbolism- “A child crowned with a tree in his hand” (IV.1.87) Antithesis- “All is the fear and nothing is the love” (IV.2.12) Irony- “And damned all those that trust them!” (IV.1.139) Chiasmus- “Fathered he is, yet he’s fatherless” (IV.2.27) Rhetorical Question- “Why should I, mother?” (IV.2.36) Hyperbole- “Why, I can buy me twenty at any market!” (IV.2.40) Apostrophe- “O hell-kite!” (IV.3.217) Anaphora- “New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face” (IV.3.5-6) Hyperbole- “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues” (IV.3.12) Personification- “Bleed, bleed poor country!” (IV.3.32) Juxtaposition- “To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb to appease an angry god.” (IV.3.16-17) Irony- “And many more-having would be as a sauce to make me hunger more.” (IV.3.81-82) Asyndeton – “I grant him bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, decritful, sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin that has a name.” (IV.3.57-60) Pathos- “Your wives and daughters…could not fill up the cistern of my lust.” (IV.3.61-63) Apostrophe- “O Scotland! Scotland!” (IV.3.101) Rhetorical Question- “When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, since that truest issue of thy throne…does blaspheme his breed?” (IV.3.105-108) Asyndeton- “The King-becoming graces, as justice verity, temperance…courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them” (IV.3.91-95) Juxtaposition- “Such welcome and unwelcome things at once, ‘tis hard to reconcile.” (IV.3.138-139) Onomatopoeia- “That of an hour’s age doth hiss the speaker…” (IV.3.175) Parallelism- “Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes savagely slaughtered.” (IV.3.204-205) Synecdoche- “Your eye in Scotland would create soldiers” (IV.3.186-187) Parallelism- “I could play the woman with mine eyes and braggart with my tongue” (IV.3.230-231) Metaphor- “Let’s make medicines of our great revenge to sure his deadly grief” (IV.3.214-215) Symbolism- “A show of eight kings, the last with a glass in his hand; Banquo’s ghost following” (IV.1.112-113) Allusion- “For the whole space that’s in the tyrant’s grasp and the rich East to boot” (IV.3.36-37) Metaphor- “This avarice…hath been the sword of our slain kings.” (IV.3.186-187) Tone- “(Thunder.)” (IV.1.73) Consonance- "Slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse" (IV.1.27-28) Simile- "And now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring" (IV.1.41-42) Simile- "What is this, that rises like the issue of a king..." (IV.1.87-88) Euphemism- "Our high placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath to time and mortal custom." (IV.1.98-100) Inductive Reasoning-
Son: What is a traitor?
Lady Macduff: Why, one that swears and lies.
Son: And be all traitors that so do?
Lady Macduff: Every one that does so is a traitor, and must be hanged.
Son: And must they all be hanged that swear and lie?
Lady Macduff: Every one.
Son: Who must hang them?
Lady Macduff: Why, the honest men.
Son: Then the liars and traitors are fools, for there are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and hang them up. (IV.2.46-55)
Antithesis- "Where violent sorrow seems a modern ecstasy." (IV.3.169-170) Imagery- "When we hold rumor from what we fear, yet know not what we fear, but float upon a wild and violent sea each way and move." (IV.2.19-22) Consonance- "Where the flight so runs against all reason." (IV.2.13-14) Euphemism- "He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows the fits o' the season." (IV.2.16-17)
ACT FOUR
Alliteration - “…Broth boil and bubble” (IV.1.1)
Periodic Sentence- “Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, witch’s mummy, maw and gulf of the ravened salt-sea shark, root of hemlock digged i’ dark” (IV.1.22-25)
Anaphora- “Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple their warders’ heads; Though places and pyramids do slope from their heads to their foundation; Though of nature’s germens tumble all together…” (IV.1.55-59)
Personification- “That I may tell the pale-hearted fear it lies.” (IV.1.85)
Symbolism- “A child crowned with a tree in his hand” (IV.1.87)
Antithesis- “All is the fear and nothing is the love” (IV.2.12)
Irony- “And damned all those that trust them!” (IV.1.139)
Chiasmus- “Fathered he is, yet he’s fatherless” (IV.2.27)
Rhetorical Question- “Why should I, mother?” (IV.2.36)
Hyperbole- “Why, I can buy me twenty at any market!” (IV.2.40)
Apostrophe- “O hell-kite!” (IV.3.217)
Anaphora- “New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face” (IV.3.5-6)
Hyperbole- “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues” (IV.3.12)
Personification- “Bleed, bleed poor country!” (IV.3.32)
Juxtaposition- “To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb to appease an angry god.” (IV.3.16-17)
Irony- “And many more-having would be as a sauce to make me hunger more.” (IV.3.81-82)
Asyndeton – “I grant him bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, decritful, sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin that has a name.” (IV.3.57-60)
Pathos- “Your wives and daughters…could not fill up the cistern of my lust.” (IV.3.61-63)
Apostrophe- “O Scotland! Scotland!” (IV.3.101)
Rhetorical Question- “When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, since that truest issue of thy throne…does blaspheme his breed?” (IV.3.105-108)
Asyndeton- “The King-becoming graces, as justice verity, temperance…courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them” (IV.3.91-95)
Juxtaposition- “Such welcome and unwelcome things at once, ‘tis hard to reconcile.” (IV.3.138-139)
Onomatopoeia- “That of an hour’s age doth hiss the speaker…” (IV.3.175)
Parallelism- “Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes savagely slaughtered.” (IV.3.204-205)
Synecdoche- “Your eye in Scotland would create soldiers” (IV.3.186-187)
Parallelism- “I could play the woman with mine eyes and braggart with my tongue” (IV.3.230-231)
Metaphor- “Let’s make medicines of our great revenge to sure his deadly grief” (IV.3.214-215)
Symbolism- “A show of eight kings, the last with a glass in his hand; Banquo’s ghost following” (IV.1.112-113)
Allusion- “For the whole space that’s in the tyrant’s grasp and the rich East to boot” (IV.3.36-37)
Metaphor- “This avarice…hath been the sword of our slain kings.” (IV.3.186-187)
Tone- “(Thunder.)” (IV.1.73)
Consonance- "Slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse" (IV.1.27-28)
Simile- "And now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring" (IV.1.41-42)
Simile- "What is this, that rises like the issue of a king..." (IV.1.87-88)
Euphemism- "Our high placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath to time and mortal custom." (IV.1.98-100)
Inductive Reasoning-
Antithesis- "Where violent sorrow seems a modern ecstasy." (IV.3.169-170)
Imagery- "When we hold rumor from what we fear, yet know not what we fear, but float upon a wild and violent sea each way and move." (IV.2.19-22)
Consonance- "Where the flight so runs against all reason." (IV.2.13-14)
Euphemism- "He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows the fits o' the season." (IV.2.16-17)